Medvedev Dismisses Navy Officers Over Blaze; 48 Die in Fires
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev fired senior navy officers for “criminal negligence” in the destruction of a base near Moscow by wildfires that have killed 48 people across the country to date.
The aviation supply base near Kolomna, 100 kilometers (62 miles) southwest of Moscow, burned on July 29, destroying the headquarters, 13 warehouses and 17 parking lots with vehicles, according to the Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor General’s Office.